Abner GREENLEE, deceased, was born April 19, 1794, in Virginia, where he was reared. His father, John GREENLEE, having died in Virginia, he came with his widowed mother to this county, and in 1826 settled in Putnam County, Ind. In 1827 he married Mary B., daughter of James CHRISTIE, a Virginian, one of the early pioneers of Putnam County, where he died. They had a family of five children--Eliza Jane, died in 1851, aged nineteen years; James, residing on the old homestead; William, of Clay Township; Mrs. Rebecca ATCHESON, of Illinois; and Mary Elizabeth, died in 1851, aged two years. After his marriage Mr. GREENLEE bought eighty acres of Government land on section 20, to which he added by subsequent purchases till he owned 270 acres in this township and 160 acres in Clay Township. He resided on section 20 till his death, which occurred June 21, 1877, aged eighty-two, after a married life of fifty years spent on the pioneer farm located by him in 1827. His widow is still living on the homestead, with her son James, aged seventy-eight years.
Abner GREENLEE, deceased, was born April 19, 1794, in Virginia, where he was reared. His father, John GREENLEE, having died in Virginia, he came with his widowed mother to this county, and in 1826 settled in Putnam County, Ind. In 1827 he married Mary B., daughter of James CHRISTIE, a Virginian, one of the early pioneers of Putnam County, where he died. They had a family of five children--Eliza Jane, died in 1851, aged nineteen years; James, residing on the old homestead; William, of Clay Township; Mrs. Rebecca ATCHESON, of Illinois; and Mary Elizabeth, died in 1851, aged two years. After his marriage Mr. GREENLEE bought eighty acres of Government land on section 20, to which he added by subsequent purchases till he owned 270 acres in this township and 160 acres in Clay Township. He resided on section 20 till his death, which occurred June 21, 1877, aged eighty-two, after a married life of fifty years spent on the pioneer farm located by him in 1827. His widow is still living on the homestead, with her son James, aged seventy-eight years.
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